USTR Nominee Katherine Tai Must Recalibrate US Trade Policy

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New Report Charts Roadmap for Rural Climate Engagement

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Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Welcomes New Executive Director

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s Board of Directors is pleased to announce Sophia Murphy as IATP’s new executive director.

IATP Welcomes CFTC Advisory Committee Report on Climate-Related Financial Risk

MINNEAPOLIS—On September 9, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released a much-anticipated advisory report, Managing Climate R

Climate Risk Ignored in Agricultural Finance Poses Hazards to Farmers and Rural Communities

MINNEAPOLIS—Today, the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) released a paper emphasizing the urgent need for U.S.

New Report Finds Dramatic Increase in Global Dairy Companies' Emissions as Overproduction Forces Small Farms Out of Business

BERLIN/MINNEAPOLIS—A new report released today by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) reveals that the total combined greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of 13 of the largest dairy corporations rose by 11% in just two years (2015-2017), with some increasing their emissions by 30%.

Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy Announces Timothy A. Wise as New Senior Advisor

MINNEAPOLIS—The Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) announced today that Timothy A. Wise, renowned author and director of Small Planet Institute’s Land and Food Rights Program since 2016, will join IATP as a senior advisor.  

Despite Global Health Crisis, Bilateral Trade Negotiations Move Forward in Secrecy

MINNEAPOLIS—While most of the world was on lockdown to the COVID-19 pandemic from March through May, top United States trade officials began fast-paced and comprehensive negotiations with the United Kingdom and continued ongoing talks with the European Union.

Carbon markets have no place in climate policy, will not help agriculture

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In advance of Thursday vote, leading farm, food and public health groups call on Congress to reject USMCA

WASHINGTON—Congress is expected to vote Thursday on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) or New NAFTA.